Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Farmer’s wife Janet Scarratt, 66, has built up a unique collection of antique weighing scales with her husband ...

If you love kitchen collectibles like I do, one hot collectible now is the kitchen scale. In my recent travels I have noticed antique, vintage and retro scales at flea markets and antique malls. I ...

Q: Sentry discount department store opened in Windsor in 1961 and when you entered this Watling Chicago weigh scale along with gum ball machines was the first thing seen. The scale was hard to resist ...

A friend of mine recently invited me to see his new apartment in New York City, as well as to have a look at some of the items -- once stored in boxes -- that he now has plenty of room to exhibit. He ...

Q-My son collects old scales. Are there any publications from which he can learn more about them? Also, where can he find unusual examples to add to his collection? A-Write Bob Stein president and ...